Product Description

This guide is designed for anyone interested in living or working, starting a business, retiring, or just buying a holiday home in the Benelux countries. It contains major sections devoted to permanent employment and careers, these include the types of job available, job hunting techniques, making applications, attending interviews, salary details, as well as a guide to major employers. It also features case histories and background information on the regional way of life including facts about entrance regulations, residence permits, buying a home, city and regional guides, and health and education systems.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #476588 in Books
• Published on: 2003-02-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

From the Inside Flap
LIVE & WORK IN BELGIUM,
THE NETHERLANDS
& LUXEMBOURG

A detailed survey of the opportunities for living
and working in Belgium, The Netherlands
& Luxembourg â€" from Brussels to Bergen-op-Zoom
and from Antwerp to Amsterdam

Nuts & Bolts of Daily Life
Packed with Useful Contacts
Regional Employment Guide
Directory of Major Employers
Personal Case Histories

Section I - Living in Belgium, The Netherlands & Luxembourg
How to…
- Secure a residence permit
- Find your ideal home
- Obtain a competitive mortgage
- Deal with surveys & conveyancing
- Choose a suitable school
- Open the right bank account
- Get the best health care
- Learn the language quickly
- Organise your retirement abroad
- Make the most of your leisure time

Section II - Working in Belgium, The Netherlands & Luxembourg
Full details on…
- Finding suitable employment
- Submitting the correct documents
- Skills and trades most in demand
- Seasonal & temporary work
- Salaries, hours and holidays
- Trade unions and contracts
- Starting/buying your own business
- Raising the required finance
- Government incentives
- Sources of advice and assistance

Customer Reviews

This book is a must for all going to work in Belgium
I decided to buy this book because I was due to start work in Brussels. It really gives some good information on the Belgium way of life and includes many useful sections. These include: political and economic structure, residency regulations, setting up home, finance, property, going out, insurance, utilities and all work related matters. This list doesn't even cover half the stuff but I do recommend this book...

You'll be disappointed if looking for Luxembourg information
I bought this book because I hoped it would guide me through the trials of moving to Luxembourg. Every move overseas entails some levels of bureaucratic difficulty never encountered, some form of linguistic difficulty etc. This book has only a few pages on luxembourg and they are so generic they could apply almost anywhere. Specifics are sadly lacking. All those luxembourg bound should give this book a miss.

disappointing
I bought this book for the Netherlands part and this was the only part I read and review.
In general this book was disappointing, comparing it with the “Living and Working in …” the Survival Handbook series, this book is much less comprehensive, much less detailed and much less fun to read.